Andro Rasant series - discontinued and replaced

patrickhrdlicka wrote: Apparently, the Andro Rasant series will be discontinued: http://www.tt-spin.de/goodbye-andro-rasant/  Clearly, Andro believes its "Rasanter" series, which will hit the markets on 3/12, is a superior product.

[QUOTE=rocketman222]I thought people who use rasant were known as "Rasanters"

- former rasanter [/QUOTE

Every new product is announced to be superior than its predecessor, manufacturers are really 'improving' their product rapidly, yay! 

patrickhrdlicka wrote: Apparently, the Andro Rasant series will be discontinued: http://www.tt-spin.de/goodbye-andro-rasant/  Clearly, Andro believes its "Rasanter" series, which will hit the markets on 3/12, is a superior product.

How long is rasant legal for?

I read somewhere that there had been a long-running court case in germany over the use of the name "Rasant" between Andro and another company, and that ultimately Andro have been forced to stop using it.  Hence the need for the new name and the dropping of the older models.  I can't find the link now though, so possibly #fakenews.

Baal wrote: I wonder how they get the topsheet thin?  By virtually eliminating the pips, as with Nexy Karis?

AndySmith wrote: I read somewhere that there had been a long-running court case in germany over the use of the name "Rasant" between Andro and another company, and that ultimately Andro have been forced to stop using it.  Hence the need for the new name and the dropping of the older models.  I can't find the link now though, so possibly #fakenews.

#fakenews is correct.
We decided to stop Rasant, because RASANTER is just so much better.
There is no need to offer two rubber series with six rubbers each for the same group of players.
From our point of view it was just a consequent decision to replace Rasant by RASANTER.

Best regards
Björn

Baal wrote: I wonder how they get the topsheet thin?  By virtually eliminating the pips, as with Nexy Karis?

What you pay for.
http://www.sundns.org/discuz/forum.php?mod=viewthread&tid=288192&highlight=m40






What you get, 15 hours in, 5 times of normal matches, not training, and on the backhand.
http://www.sundns.org/discuz/forum.php?mod=redirect&goto=findpost&ptid=7522&pid=60489


Edited by zeio - 02/21/2017 at 9:53am

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Baal wrote: I wonder how they get the topsheet thin?  By virtually eliminating the pips, as with Nexy Karis?

Hexer is no adjective in German language. So this idea does not work unfortunately.
But I am sure, that in case we decide to update Hexer in the future, we are able to find any other new name that makes it into discussions. ;-)

Hexer > Hexer+ > Hexer Duro > Hexer Powersponge > Hexer HD > Hexer Ultra? Hexer 4K? Hexer 8K?

Edited by zeio - 02/22/2017 at 9:33am

I only wish for the various European brands to refrain from branching off any particular model so much. Look at Xiom. It is a total mess.

I lost the interest to try out the Rasant series simply because of that, after what happened to the Hexer series. It gives off the sensation of beta-testing by paying end-users.

Bjoern wrote: In this certain case: Don't worry. Rasant was/is such a successful rubber, that it would not make sense to directly delete the ITTF approval.

So just to clarify, Rasant will be discontinued because Rasanter is much better, but because Rasant was so successful, Andro will not delete it from ITTF approval?

I cannot see the logic in removing a product that is supposedly successful, even if they make a 'better' product. I also know from personal experience that no new rubber is better in every way...it will be better for some, and worse for others.

Anyway, Andro is a smart company that must have good reasons, but I suspect there may be a little more to it than just discontinuing Rasant because Rasanter is 'better'.